Sketch for "The Oriental Dream"

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Artist: Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ (French, 1842–1923)
Date: before 1904
Medium: oil on fabric
Dimensions: unframed: height 0.124 m, width 0.196 m
Origin: France, 19th century
Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Holding institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Palette: Blue Spruce Cloth · Teal family · #2A5059 · 29%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #756E54 · 20%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #9B9375 · 9%

Plaster Cast · Gray family · #E5DCCE · 8%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #524931 · 7%

Faded Damask Teal · Teal family · #577272 · 7%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #5A6B61 · 6%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3C3626 · 5%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #8C5007 · 4%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #865E27 · 2%

Carbon Ground · Black family · #212218 · 1%

Indigo Vault · Blue family · #243D53 · <1%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #748E8F · <1%

Roman Brick Earth · Brown family · #734234 · <1%

Limestone Honey · Yellow family · #CAB86A · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #B0C2C1 · <1%

Marine Tempera · Blue family · #0E5975 · <1%

Unglazed Porcelain · White family · #F3E2E1 · <1%

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Image provider: cleveland-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Sundry Purchase Fund

10 tags

Human Figure Visual · 88%

Several human or figure-like forms are visible, including a dark foreground figure, distant figures at left, and a cluster of loosely rendered forms at right.
Dreams / Altered States of Consciousness Both · 72%

The title explicitly refers to a dream, and the visual treatment is atmospheric, indistinct, and fantastical rather than strictly documentary.

Orientalism Both · 73%

The title invokes an Oriental dream, while the image presents an imagined atmospheric setting with terrace-like architecture and figures whose clothing and identities are not fully legible. This is an inferred stylistic classification rather than an explicit museum style designation.

Dark Colors Visual · 95%

Deep blue, blue-gray, ocher, rust, and muted green passages dominate the image, creating an overall dark and subdued palette.

Painting Metadata · 99%

The object is cataloged as a painting by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The museum specifies the medium as oil on fabric.
Study Metadata · 98%

The title identifies the work as a sketch for a larger composition, indicating a preparatory study.
Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 95%

Broad, broken brushstrokes and rapidly blocked-in forms remain visibly unresolved across the architectural and figurative passages.

19th Century Art Metadata · 91%

The catalog gives a date range beginning in 1899 and describes the place of origin as 19th century France.

French Art Metadata · 99%

The artist is identified as French and the place of origin is given as France.

Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ (French, 1842–1923). Sketch for "The Oriental Dream". Cleveland Museum of Art.